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Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
420 AM EST Wed Dec 3 2025

For waters within five nautical miles of shore on Lake Michigan

LMZ046-031515-
Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
420 AM EST Wed Dec 3 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

.TODAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west. Gusts up
to 25 knots. A slight chance of snow late this morning. A chance
of snow early this afternoon, then snow likely late. Waves 2 to
4 feet.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 knots. A chance of snow in
the evening. Waves 3 to 6 feet building to 5 to 8 feet.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 knots becoming west and
diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Gusts up to
30 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves 5 to 8 feet subsiding to 2 to
4 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south
15 to 20 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

The water temperature at St. Joseph is 44 degrees and at Michigan
City is 42 degrees.

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LMZ043-031515-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-
420 AM EST Wed Dec 3 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

.TODAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west. Gusts up
to 25 knots. A slight chance of snow late this morning. A chance
of snow early this afternoon, then snow likely late. Waves 3 to
6 feet.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds to 30 knots. A chance of snow in the
evening. Waves 6 to 9 feet.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 knots becoming west and
diminishing to 5 to 15 knots. Gusts up to 30 knots. Mostly
cloudy. Waves 6 to 9 feet subsiding to 3 to 5 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south
15 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Waves 2 to 4 feet.

The water temperature at St. Joseph is 44 degrees and at Michigan
City is 42 degrees.

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